"Hover over" information not working randomly

In the Arduino IDE 2 there should be a feature where, when you hover over something it shows you the definition. That feature usually works fine and is incredibly helpful but sometimes it just seems to break. Whenever I code with the Arduino IDE I usually have multiple windows of code open to copy and compare quickly, but the "hover over" feature doesn't seem to like this because in one window it works and in the other, it stopped working after some (seemingly random) time.

Is this just a me-problem or a known bug? If it's a bug then how do I fix or avoid it?

I am running the IDE version 2.3.2 btw.

If multiple windows are open, the window without "the focus" might not respond during "hover." To get "the focus," click on the window. Even if other windows "highlight" on hover, they do not have the focus. (this is not the official response, just my observation)

That also doesn't seem to be the problem. It worked fine in the one window independent of the focused window.

It just startet working again in both windows after my PC was in locked screen for about an hour. That doesn't even make sense! Nothing Changed, I didn't restart it (nither the IDE nor my PC) and yet it just magicly starts working again.

Does the IDE automatically save your sketch after you made a change? If not, maybe something is out of sync resulting in the observed behaviour.

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